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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

252 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 13

The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day there was an excellent sale, and prices were very firm…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Still Hardening. London, May 13

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 May 1897 · page 2

At the wool sales, prices continue to harden. Continental buyers are now more active…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1897 · page 1

At the wool sales to day there was an excellent sale, and prices were very firm…

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The Wool Sales. Best Prices ot the Series. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 May 1897 · page 3

The wool sales have closed. At the closing the rates were the highest of the entire series. Medium and inferior merino and crossbreds brought prices…

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The Price Wheat. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 May 1897 · page 4

The prospeat of peace between Greece awl Turkey continues to have a lowering effect on the price of wheat, which is now 6d per quarter lower…

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The French Wheat Crop. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 4

The French wheat crop is estimated at 22¼ million hectolitres belove that of 1896…

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The Price Oe Wheat. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 1

The prospect of peace between Greece and Turkey continues to have a lowering affect on the price of wheat, which is now 6½. per quarter lower…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series. London, May 22

Western Grazier · Wednesday 26 May 1897 · page 2

The present series of wool sales have closed. Compared with opening rates, medium and inferior merinos and crossbreds advanced 7 1/2 to 10 per…

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The French Wheat Crop. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 May 1897 · page 1

The French wheat crop is estimatsd at 22¼ million hectolitres below that of 1896…

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Wheat From New York

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 May 1897 · page 3

PERHAPS the strongest fact which points to the presence of drought in any country is the extremes which have to be resorted to to feed the…

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The Drought. [By Telegraph.] Starving Victorian Stock. Pitiable Sights at a Railway Station. Starving Cattle Wreck a House. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 May 1897 · page 2

A frightful and most distressing spectacle has been witnessed at Cranbourne. A special train brought down to the place 3480 sheep from the Hon. W. J…

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The Drought. Heavy Losses of Sheep

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 May 1897 · page 3

News from out back with regard to the drought is still most disheartening. A drover in town on Friday, who had travelled over from Bourke, said the…

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3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Price of Wheat. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 4

Wheat has declined 6d. per quarter…

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The Price of Wheat. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 June 1897 · page 1

Wheat has declined 6d. per quarter…

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The Wool Industry

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 June 1897 · page 3

THE Curator of the Technological Museum, Sydney, has received the following letter from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, with a desire that it should be made known…

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A Formidable Foe. Influenza and Rheumatism Combined. Terrible Experience of a Canadian Farmer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 June 1897 · page 3

SUFFERED MUCH PAIN—WAS DESPONDENT AND EASILY TIRED—SPENT MUCH MONEY ON VARIOUS MEDICINES BEFORE A CURE WAS FOUND…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 June 1897 · page 2

A MEETING of the general committee of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held at Quinn's Hotel last night, Mr. J. Souter presiding. Mr. Hendry, the…

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The Price of Wheat. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 4

Wheat has had an advance of 6d. per quarter,…

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A Pearl Farm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 3

THERE is only one pearl farm in the world. It is in the Turres Straits, at the northern extremity of Australia, and belongs to James Clark, of…

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The Wool Market. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 June 1897 · page 2

Prices in the Bradford woollens market are unchanged. The quantity of colonial wool which has arrived for the next series of sales…

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